Mrs. Wilkes Dining Room

Connect Savannah's Jesse Blanco went to Jones Street the morning this dining room reopened after a two month break and wrote that the famous fried chicken was back on the table. He watched the food move out fast as guests who had lined up outside filed in, with Marcia making her usual rounds to thank every table and ask where people were visiting from. Get in line early, sit at a shared table, and take the fried chicken first.

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Mrs. Wilkes Dining Room has served a family-style Southern table on West Jones Street since 1943. Jesse Blanco wrote in Connect Savannah when the dining room reopened to guests in 2022 after nearly two years of takeout and sidewalk tables, with the famous fried chicken back on the table. The kitchen still takes its winter break through January and February. Arrive before the doors open and take a seat at a shared table.

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